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Compensation: To $88K.
Job Overview – Assistant Plant Controller – 33959
Are you a detail-oriented finance professional who enjoys being hands-on with plant operations, cost management, and process improvement? Join our clients team as an Assistant Plant Controller, where you’ll play a key role in driving accuracy, compliance, and financial insight across our manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities
Workplace Policy:
Seniority Level: Associate
Linked In Poster:
About Our Process
Job Overview – Assistant Plant Controller – 33959
Are you a detail-oriented finance professional who enjoys being hands-on with plant operations, cost management, and process improvement? Join our clients team as an Assistant Plant Controller, where you’ll play a key role in driving accuracy, compliance, and financial insight across our manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, local regulations, and corporate accounting policies
- Manage the monthly closing process, ensuring general ledger accuracy and timely reporting
- Partner with the Plant Controller on budgeting, forecasting, and five-year strategic planning
- Lead the annual standard cost setting process and maintain accurate product cost data
- Support new part cost development and job order variance analysis
- Monitor inventory costing and ensure data integrity in all related systems
- Analyze and explain spending variances, partnering with department managers to control costs
- Provide financial analysis for capital projects, cost reduction, and other key initiatives
- Prepare and present financial insights for monthly leadership meetings
- Complete account reconciliations, SOX compliance tasks, and support SEC and tax reporting packages
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and cost accounting principles
- Proven experience in manufacturing finance or plant accounting
- Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills
- High attention to detail with a continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to collaborate effectively with operations and management teams
Workplace Policy:
Seniority Level: Associate
Linked In Poster:
About Our Process
- We will notify you if you are selected as a candidate for this role. If not, but you fit our specializations, we'll consider you for future openings, and encourage you to apply for other Sherpa roles you're qualified for/interested in.
- Non-Local Candidates: Please note that you are competing with local candidates who don’t require relocation expenses and can start quickly, so let us know if you have plans to move to the area soon.
- Candidates for all Sherpa opportunities must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Sherpa is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary : $88,000
